Girl with ringlets seated on a chair ambrotype, 1852

Image: 1/6 plate; Head and shoulders of a girl with ringlets seated on a chair, with bare shoulders, wearing a patterned dress, with color applied to her cheeks. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Oval with matte finish (ca.1850). Case: Book-style leather-covered wood-frame with simpl...

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Main Author: Eickmeyer, Henry A. (Creator)
Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139)
Date:1852
Dimensions:7 x 8.2 cm
2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in
8.2 x 9.3 cm
3 7/32 x 3 19/32 in
Box Number:Box 2A
Folder Number:Folder 149
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Public domain
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5626
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Summary: Image: 1/6 plate; Head and shoulders of a girl with ringlets seated on a chair, with bare shoulders, wearing a patterned dress, with color applied to her cheeks. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Oval with matte finish (ca.1850). Case: Book-style leather-covered wood-frame with simple lined embossing [Possibly by H. A. Eichmeyer, as similar to Plate 41 p.43 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969). A brief biographical sketch of H. A. Eichmeyer on p.195] , interior and exterior gilded lines, with ornate hinged clasp, purple velvet pinchpad and plain ruby velvet cushion (1850).